Initial reports: One hurt in shooting at J'lem yeshiva
haaretz says shots are still being headrd as we speak!

my cousin is at merkaz harav... must call him.

6 people killed.....

2 terrorists killed.....

terrorists have explosive belts
hashem yerachem
police closed off whole area



2:20PM EST: There has just been a major terrorist attack in Yeshivas Meraz Harav Kook in Yerushalayim. There are conflicting reports coming in to YWN about how many terrorists were involved and about the number of Yidden R”L killed. Hatzolah Israel confirms to YWN that at LEAST 10 people have R”L been killed. The number of wounded has not been confirmed - but four people have been transported to the hospitals is critical condition - all with gunshot wounds.

Additionally, reports are that possibly two terrorists have been shot dead - and are looking for a third one.

There are many wounded students. Witnesses described one or more gunmen who fired in all directions as well as a suicide killer wearing a bomb vest storming the four-storey building. In an exchange of fire which followed the attack Thursday night, March 6, one or two terrorists were shot dead. Heavy police and counter-terror forces are scouring the building and neighborhood as dozens of ambulances head for the Yeshiva seminary.

Moshi - any news on your cousin?

40 people wounded...

This is awful.

oh gosh

check it out live on cnn.com

In Gaza City, residents went out into the streets and fired rifles in celebration in the air after hearing news of the attack on the seminary.

No, don't check out CNN.com. CNN just said, I quote, "We all know that nothing happens in a vacuum. This takes place on the heels of Israel launching a massive invasion into Gaza last week." Unless you want to vomit or have a large punching bag handy, don't check out CNN.com.

The public can call the Merkaz Harav Yeshiva's emergency hotline: 026524793.



they have it live all in hebrew on cnn.com check it out , no don't say tehillim!

I am reminded of the movie Munich.

if anyone in Jerusalem can call the hotline for me, please PM me... At work and no way to make the call from here..

Why not?

Wow, this hurts.

Grammar fixed.

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/961696.html

I think this needs to be sent to all newbies to help them understand the importance of good grammar.

When I read "don't say tehillim," I was appalled.

Report: East Jerusalem resident behind attack

That Haaretz article also censored out what the guy who shot the terrorist said on channel 2.

Arutz-7 reported it:
Asked by a Channel 2 TV reporter what weapon the Palestinian Authority terrorist had, Dadon said, "A Kalachnikov," and turning to the camera, he angrily added, "The Kalachnikov that you gave him, President Peres..."

I was at another Yeshiva about a mile away when we heard all the ambulances and we stop learning and started saying tehillim. There is a helicopter flying overhead.

boruch hashem he is ok.

there are rumors here in yerushalayim, that one of the roshei yeshiva was shot, does a/o have any info about this?

i was driving in the neighborhood half an hour ago, one look at the face of an ambulance driver returning from the hospital, said it all!

Note:
the past intifada started right after Barak ,as prime minister, said that there will be a secular revolution in Israel, Today ,as defense minister, he said the exact same thing!

i hope i got the grammar right, sorry but last time i was watching the news and it was hard for me to concentrate on the details.

I was wondering what type of assault rifle was used, and who provided that to him.

Ouch. Not again.

Avinu malkeinu nikom l'ainainu nikmat dam avadecha hashafuch.

Amen v'amen.

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mosheshmeal
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Something doesn't add up. Looking at your pics it looks like there is fact was more than one terrorist. And who is that guy they arrested?

They are covering up something...

Well, they (or he) were (was) dressed as a frum person, so maybe they had a suspect.

mosheshmeal
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Could someone PM me also? My neighbor's grandsons are there and neither of us have calling plans to Israel.

i saw the news article today (from AP, iirc) and it talked about two terrorists as well (sorry, can't link it, it's in work's email)

The Bullet holes in the windows look too big to be from an M16, so probably a Kalashnikov.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MCBCP88PL4

interview on channel 2, with the guy who shot the terrorist twice in the head from about a half a floor above with a pistol ( must be a good shot)
its kinda cruel how they try to shut him up when he thanks Peres for supplying the AK to the balestinians

I watched the YouTube video and was able to understand a bit. The student who shot the terrorist was 40 years old?

At least "moderate Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas condemned the shooting," according to an AP article by a guy named Aron Heller, who despite his nice Jewish name called the terrorist pig dog scum a "militant." That's better than Arafat and Hanan Ashrawi, who always said things like, "the anger of the people is understandable."

The article also notes that "thousands of Palestinians took to the streets of Gaza to celebrate," and then said that "Israeli government spokesman Mark Regev . . .told The Associated Press[,] 'It is clear that those people celebrating this bloodshed have shown themselves to be not only the enemies of Israel but of all of humanity.' " If that were true, then Israel should have dropped napalm on those celebrating. [But of course it is not true, for if Israel were to bomb those demonstrations, the world would harshly condemn and punish Israel.]

Yes. From what I understood he's not a kollel student, but just a guy who goes to learn at the yeshiva.

See, old guys like me aren't totally worthless!

Apparently the terrorist nation American ally in the war on terror, Libya, is now on the United Nations Security Council, and it blocked a resolution condemning the terrorist militant action.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7282269.stm

I don't think it really matters who condemns this, or how or if revenge is taken.* The priorities right now should be for everyone in EY to take the necessary precautions, and be alert; for those who can do chessed to the injured or the families of the those who died hy'd to do so; and for everyone to daven to Hashem...

*PS Hashem's revenge is always the most furious, so I guess we should leave that up to Him.

Doron Maharte, 26, of Ashdod,
Avraham David Moses, 16, of Efrat, Gush Etzion
Segev Avichayil, 15, grandson of Rabbi Eliyahu Avichayil, of N'vei Daniel in Gush Etzion
Ro'i Roth, 18, of Elkanah in Samaria (Shomron)
Yochai Lifshitz, 18, of the Old City of Jerusalem
Neriah Cohen, 15, of Jerusalem
Yehonatan Eldar, 16, of Shilo (Shomron)
Yonadav Hirschfeld, 19, of Kokhav HaShachar (Shomron)


Doron, Yonadav and Ro'i were students in Merkaz HaRav; the others were students in the LeTze'irim Yeshiva High School of Merkaz HaRav in the adjacent building.

Baruch Dayan Emes.

Thank you for posting, Pinchas.

Is there any way we can get more names of those who were wounded before candlelighting?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080307/ap_on_...el_palestinians

"A seminary graduate who is an army officer and lives nearby rushed into the seminary with his weapon and killed the gunman, Simchon told Israel Radio. 'He saw the terrorist shooting, and with amazing resourcefulness he went into one of the rooms and managed to kill him,' he said."

So what about the video of the 40-year-old who said that he laid down on the roof of the library and shot the terrorist twice in the head? Was he also involved in stopping the terrorist, or was he just telling tall tales?

i think it's the same person

Not the same person. He was shot by two people. The other guy shot him first and the terrorist fell down then this guy finished him off. (For all we know the other guys shots might have been enough to kill him.)

"He was shot and killed by Yitzhak Dadon, an off-duty army officer, who occasionally studied at the seminary. “He came out of the library spraying automatic fire ... the terrorist came to the entrance and I shot him twice in the head,” said Mr Dadon, who, like many Israeli men, carries a weapon at all times."

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/worl...icle3508730.ece

So he is getting credit for stopping the terrorist. It's too bad that the articles don't mention his diatribe against the terrorist's co-conspirator, Shimon Peres.

Yeah, the Israeli Media blacked that out almost IMMEDIATELY. They "mysteriously" cut that part of the interview out on ALL subsequent broadcasts.....

Also they keep trying to play up the fact that this guy was an "IDF Officer" and not some guy sitting and learning in the Yeshiva. G-d forbid salvation should come from some "Dos", who sits and learns in his spare time....

If... I mean when... that internet censoring bill passes YouTube will be the first site to go!